Police warn women of attacks

Correction

This story originally reported both attacks occurred in North Park. This was changed to reflect the correct neighborhood of the first attack, which was Normal Heights.

NORTH PARK  San Diego police on Sunday warned women in North Park and Normal Heights never to walk alone after a pair of men attacked two women on different occasions last week.

The first attack was reported Tuesday about 11:30 p.m. when a lone woman was attacked by two men while walking along Meade Avenue near 33rd Place in Normal Heights, police said. The woman fought back and the two men fled.

On Saturday, a second attack took place about 9:40 p.m. as a woman walked along Lincoln Avenue near Oregon Street in North Park, police said. She was hit from behind by two men and was knocked to the ground. The men started tearing at her clothing, trying to pull them off, but the woman fought back and yelled for help, police said.

The men fled and two bystanders went to help her.

The first victim described her two attackers. She said one man was Latino, about 29 years old and 6 feet tall. He wore a hooded sweatshirt. The other man was described as white or Latino, about 24 years old, 5 feet, 7 inches tall, with braces. He wore a black shirt.

Neither the second victim, nor the bystanders who helped her, could describe her attackers.

Anybody with information about the attacks can call police at (619) 531-2210 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at (888) 580-8477.